Luka 7
1 Yesu kasa kyerɛɛ nkurɔfo no wiee no, ɔkɔɔ Kapernaum.
When Jesus had brought to a conclusion all that he had then had to say to the people, he entered Capernaum.
2 Saa bere no ara mu na Roma ɔsraani panyin bi somfo a ɔpɛ nʼasɛm yiye yare denneennen a ɔreyɛ awu.
A centurion in the Roman army had a slave whom he valued, and who was seriously ill – almost at the point of death.
3 Ɔsraani panyin no tee Yesu nka no, ɔsomaa Yudafo mpanyimfo bi se wɔnkɔsrɛ no na ɔmmɛsa ne somfo no yare mma no.
And, hearing about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders to him, with the request that he would come and save his slave’s life.
4 Woduu Yesu nkyɛn no, wɔde asɛm no too nʼanim srɛɛ no sɛ, ɔmmoa ɔsraani panyin no, efisɛ ɔyɛ onipa pa.
When they found Jesus, they earnestly implored him to do so. “He deserves the favor from you,” they said,
5 Wɔkae se, “Ɔyɛ obi a ɔdɔ yɛn man na wasi hyiadan ama yɛn.”
“For he is devoted to our nation, and himself built our synagogue for us.”
6 Yesu ne wɔn sii mu. Wɔreyɛ adu fie hɔ no, ɔsraani panyin no somaa ne nnamfo bi sɛ, wɔnkɔka nkyerɛ Yesu se, “Awurade, nhaw wo ho, na mensɛ sɛ woba me fi.
So Jesus went with them. But, when he was no great distance from the house, the centurion sent some friends with the message – “Do not trouble yourself, Sir; for I am unworthy to receive you under my roof.
7 Saa ara na memfata sɛ meba baabi a wowɔ. Kasa, na me somfo no ho bɛyɛ no den.
That was why I did not even venture to come to you myself; but speak, and let my manservant be cured.
8 Meyɛ obi a mehyɛ tumi ase, nanso mewɔ asraafo bebree hyɛ mʼase. Meka kyerɛ wɔn mu bi se, ‘Kɔ’ a, ɔkɔ. Meka kyerɛ ɔfoforo se, ‘Bra’ a, ɔba. Saa ara nso na mehyɛ me somfo sɛ, ‘Yɛ eyi’ a, ɔyɛ.”
For I myself am a man under the orders of others, with soldiers under me; and if I say to one of them ‘Go,’ he goes, and to another ‘Come,’ he comes, and to my slave ‘Do this,’ he does it.”
9 Yesu tee asɛm no, ne ho dwiriw no na ɔdan nʼani ka kyerɛɛ nnipakuw a wodi nʼakyi no se, “Anokwa, minhuu obiara a ɔwɔ gyidi sɛ saa ɔbarima yi wɔ Israelman nyinaa mu da.”
Jesus was surprised to hear these words from him; and, turning to the crowd which was following him, he said, “I tell you, nowhere in Israel have I met with such faith as this!”
10 Bere a abɔfo no san koduu fie hɔ no, wohuu sɛ ɔsomfo no ho ayɛ no den.
And, when the messengers returned to the house, they found the slave recovered.
11 Eyi akyi no, Yesu ne nʼasuafo ne nnipakuw bi a wɔka ne ho no kɔɔ kurow bi a wɔfrɛ no Nain mu.
Shortly after, Jesus went to a town called Nain, his disciples and a great crowd going with him.
12 Woduu kurotia no, ohuu sɛ wɔrekosie obi. Na owufo no yɛ ɔbea kunafo bi a ɔwɔ kurow no mu no ba barima koro. Na adɔfo bebree di amu no akyi.
Just as he approached the gate of the town, there was a dead man being carried out for burial – an only son, and his mother was a widow. A large number of the people of the town were with her.
13 Awurade Yesu huu no no, nʼasɛm yɛɛ no mmɔbɔ, na ɔka kyerɛɛ no se, “Gyae su!”
When he saw her, the Master was moved with compassion for her, and he said to her, “Do not weep.”
14 Yesu kosoo funnaka no mu maa wɔn a ɛyɛ wɔn de no gyinae. Ɔka kyerɛɛ owufo no se. “Aberante, mise wo sɛ, nyan!”
Then he went up and touched the bier, and the bearers stopped; and Jesus said, “Young man, I am speaking to you – Rise!”
15 Aberante no sɔre tenaa ase na ɔkasae. Afei Yesu de no maa ne na.
The dead man sat up and began to talk, and Jesus restored him to his mother.
16 Nnipa no nyinaa ho dwiriw wɔn yiye na woyii Onyankopɔn ayɛ kae se, “Odiyifo kɛse bi asɔre wɔ yɛn mu, na Onyankopɔn asian aba ne manfo mu.”
Everyone was awe-struck and began praising God. “A great prophet has arisen among us,” they said. “God has visited his people.”
17 Nea Yesu yɛɛ yi ho asɛm trɛw koduu Yudea ne nkurow a atwa ho ahyia no nyinaa mu.
And this story about Jesus spread all through Judea, and in the neighboring countries as well.
18 Yohane asuafo kɔbɔɔ no nea asi no nyinaa ho amanneɛ.
All these events were reported to John by his disciples.
19 Yohane somaa nʼasuafo no mu baanu kɔɔ Yesu nkyɛn kobisaa no se, “Wone nea ɔreba no, anaasɛ yɛntwɛn ɔfoforo?”
So he summoned two of them, and sent them to the Master to ask – “Are you ‘the coming one,’ or are we to look for someone else?”
20 Asuafo no duu Yesu nkyɛn no, wɔka kyerɛɛ no se, “Osuboni Yohane asoma yɛn wo nkyɛn se yemmebisa wo se, wone nea ɔreba no, anaasɛ yɛntwɛn ɔfoforo?”
When these men found Jesus, they said, “John the Baptist has sent us to you to ask – Are you ‘the coming one,’ or are we to look for somebody else?”
21 Saa bere no ara mu, Yesu saa nyarewa bebree; otuu ahonhommɔne na ɔmaa anifuraefo huu ade.
At that very time Jesus had cured many people of diseases, afflictions, and wicked spirits, and had given many blind people their sight.
22 Yesu buaa wɔn se. “Monkɔka nea moahu na moate yi nkyerɛ Yohane se, mema anifuraefo hu ade, mmubuafo nantew, mesa akwatafo yare, asotifo te asɛm, awufo nyan, meka asɛmpa kyerɛ honhom mu ahiafo.
So his answer to the question was, “Go and report to John what you have witnessed and heard – the blind recover their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are made clean, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised to life, the good news is told to the poor.
23 Nhyira ne wɔn a merento wɔn hintidua.”
And blessed is the person who finds no hindrance in me.”
24 Yohane asuafo no fii Yesu nkyɛn kɔe no, Yesu dii Yohane ho adanse kyerɛɛ nnipakuw no. Obisaa wɔn se, “Mokɔɔ sare so no, dɛn na muhui? Sare a mframa rehim no ana?
When John’s messengers had left, Jesus, speaking to the crowds, began to say with reference to John,
25 Ɛno de, dɛn na muhui? Obi a ofura sirikyi ana? Ahemfi na yehu wɔn a wodi yiye na wofura ntama pa.
“What did you go out into the wilderness to look at? A reed waving in the wind? If not, what did you go out to see? A man dressed in rich clothing? Why, those who are accustomed to fine clothes and luxury live in royal palaces.
26 Anaa Onyankopɔn diyifo? Ɛno de, mereka akyerɛ mo se, nea muhuu no no sen odiyifo mpo.
What then did you go to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and far more than a prophet.
27 Na saa Yohane yi na Kyerɛwsɛm no ka fa ne ho se, “‘Mɛsoma me bɔfo adi wʼanim kan. Ɔno na obesiesie kwan ama wo.’
This is the man of whom scripture says – ‘I am sending my messenger ahead of you, and he will prepare your way before you.’
28 Meka kyerɛ mo se onipa biara nni hɔ a wɔawo no a ɔyɛ kɛse sen Yohane. Nanso nea ɔyɛ akumaa koraa wɔ Onyankopɔn ahemman mu no sen no.”
There is, I tell you, no one born of a woman who is greater than John; and yet the least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.”
29 Na wɔn a wɔtee nea ɔkae no nyinaa a towgyefo mpo ka ho bi gye too mu se, Onyankopɔn yɛ ɔtreneeni; na wɔsakraa wɔn adwene maa Yohane bɔɔ wɔn asu.
(All the people, when they heard this, and even the tax collectors, having accepted John’s baptism, acknowledged the justice of God.
30 Na Farisifo ne Kyerɛwsɛm no akyerɛkyerɛfo no de, wɔpoo Onyankopɔn asɛm nti, wɔamma Yohane ammɔ wɔn asu.
But the Pharisees and the students of the Law, having rejected John’s baptism, frustrated God’s purpose in regard to them.)
31 Yesu bisaa wɔn se, “Dɛn na menka mfa nnɛmma yi ho; na dɛn ho na memfa wɔn ntoto?
“To what then,” Jesus continued, “should I compare the people of the present generation? What are they like?
32 Wɔte sɛ mmofra bi a wɔregoru wɔ agodibea na wɔn mu bi reka akyerɛ afoforo se, “‘Yɛhyɛn mmɛn maa mo, nanso moansaw; yetwaa agyaadwo, nanso moansu.’
They are like some little children who are sitting in the marketplace and calling out to one another – ‘We have played the flute for you, but you have not danced; We have wailed, but you have not wept!’
33 Osuboni Yohane aba a onnidi na ɔnnom nsa nso muse, ‘Ɔwɔ honhommɔne.’
For now that John the Baptist has come, not eating bread or drinking wine, you are saying ‘He has a demon in him’;
34 Onipa Ba no nso aba a odidi na ɔnom a muse, ‘Monhwɛ odidifo ne ɔkɔwensani a ɔyɛ towgyefo ne “nnebɔneyɛfo” adamfo!’
and now that the Son of Man has come, eating and drinking, you are saying ‘Here is a glutton and a wine-drinker, a friend of tax collectors and outcasts.’
35 Nanso wɔn a wodi Onyankopɔn akyi nokware mu no de, wɔn bra di adanse sɛ, nʼakwan nyinaa ye.”
And yet wisdom is vindicated by all her children.”
36 Farisini bi frɛɛ Yesu adidi ma ɔpenee so kɔe.
One of the Pharisees asked Jesus to dine with him, so Jesus went to his house and took his place at the table.
37 Ɔte hɔ redidi no, ɔbea bi a obu bra bɔne wɔ kurow no mu tee ne nka no, ɔde aduhuam bi a ɛsom bo tumpan ma kɔɔ hɔ.
Just then a woman, who was an outcast in the town, having heard that Jesus was eating in the Pharisee’s house, brought an alabaster jar of perfume,
38 Ɔkotow Yesu nan ase sui, maa ne nusu no fɔw Yesu nan ase. Afei ɔde ne tinwi pepaa nisu no, soo ne nan de aduhuam no sraa ho.
and placed herself behind Jesus, near his feet, weeping. Then she began to make his feet wet with her tears, and she dried them with the hair of her head, repeatedly kissing his feet and anointing them with the perfume.
39 Farisini a ɔfrɛɛ Yesu adidi no huu nea ɔbea no yɛe no, ɔkaa wɔ ne tirim se, “Sɛ saa onipa yi yɛ odiyifo ampa ara a, anka obehu sɛ saa ɔbea yi bu ɔbra bɔne.”
When the Pharisee who had invited Jesus saw this, he said to himself, “Had this man been ‘the prophet,’ he would have known who, and what sort of woman, this is who is touching him, and that she is an outcast.”
40 Yesu huu Farisini no adwene ma ɔka kyerɛɛ no se, “Simon, mewɔ asɛm bi ka kyerɛ wo.” Simon nso ka kyerɛɛ Yesu se, “Kyerɛkyerɛfo, ka ɛ.”
But, addressing him, Jesus said, “Simon, I have something to say to you.” “Pray do so, teacher,” Simon answered; and Jesus began,
41 Yesu ka kyerɛɛ no se, “Osikani bi bɔɔ nnipa baanu bi bosea. Ɔmaa ɔbaako denare ahannum; na ɔbaako no nso ɔmaa no denare aduonum.
“There were two people who were in debt to a moneylender; one owed five hundred silver coins, and the other fifty.
42 Wɔn mu biara antumi antua ne ka a ɔde no no nti, ɔde kyɛɛ wɔn. Wɔn mu hena na wugye di sɛ ɔbɛpɛ ɔdefo no asɛm yiye?”
As they were unable to pay, he forgave them both. Which of them, do you think, will love him the more?”
43 Simon buae se, “Migye di sɛ nea ɔde ne ka kɛse kyɛɛ no no.” Yesu kae se, “Woabua no yiye.”
“I suppose,” answered Simon, “it will be the man to whom he forgave the greater debt.” “You are right,” said Jesus,
44 Afei Yesu dan nʼani kyerɛɛ ɔbea no bisaa Simon se, “Woahu saa ɔbea yi? Mebaa wo fi, woamma me nsu anhohoro mʼanan ase; nanso saa ɔbea yi de ne nisu ahohoro mʼanan ase, asan de ne tinwi apepa.
and then, turning to the woman, he said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? I came into your house – you gave me no water for my feet, but she has made my feet wet with her tears and dried them with her hair.
45 Mebae yi, woanyɛ me atuu amfa amma me akwaaba; nanso efi bere a ɔbea yi bɛtoo me wɔ ha yi, onnyaee me nan mu so.
You did not give me one kiss, but she, from the moment I came in, has not ceased to kiss my feet.
46 Woamfa ngo amfɔw me tirim; nanso ɔbea yi de aduhuam a ɛsom bo asra mʼanan ase.
You did not anoint even my head with oil, but she has anointed my feet with perfume.
47 Eyi nti mereka akyerɛ wo se, nea ɔbea yi ayɛ nti, wɔde ne bɔne a ɛdɔɔso no akyɛ no, efisɛ wayi ɔdɔ kɛse bi adi akyerɛ. Na nea wɔde ne bɔne a esua akyɛ no no, ne dɔ nso sua.”
So I tell you, her great love shows that her sins, many as they are, have been pardoned. One who is pardoned little loves little.”
48 Afei Yesu ka kyerɛɛ ɔbea no se, “Wɔde wo bɔne akyɛ wo.”
Then he said to the woman, “Your sins have been pardoned.”
49 Wɔn a ɔne wɔn te adidii no bisabisaa wɔn ho wɔn ho se, “Hena ne saa onipa yi a otumi de bɔne kyɛ?”
The other guests began to say to one another, “Who is this man who even pardons sins?”
50 Yesu ka kyerɛɛ ɔbea no se, “Wo gyidi agye wo nkwa. Fa asomdwoe kɔ.”
But Jesus said to the woman, “Your faith has delivered you; go, and peace be with you.”
